Sat, 04 Aug 2012

The study concluded that the most popular songs were the ones with
"a male vocalist with a loud, clear high-chest voice, without many
vocal embellishments."

As to why that was, the lead researcher

suggested that singing along to these
songs promotes a kind of "neotribal bonding" among participants. As
for why female vocalists' songs weren't popular, Pawley speculated
that, whereas women will happily sing along to men, men may feel that
voicing a woman's words threatens their masculinity.

So what was the number one singable tune found in this study?

...

Queen's "We are the Champions".

I wish
Freddie Mercury,
that rugged bastion of straight he-man masculinity, was still around
to read that.
Bet he would have died laughing.

Now excuse me while I go belt out some "Bohemian Rhapsody" while no
one's listening.